Dave White - When One Man Dies (2007)
Reviewed by David J. Montgomery
Dave White has long been regarded in the mystery world as one of the finest young writers of short fiction. Now he has produced his first novel, When One Man Dies, and the results are just as pleasing.
Jackson Donne is an ambivalent New Jersey private eye who wants to quit the business and get an education. Before he can do that, however, he is compelled to investigate after his closest friend is murdered.
He still has to pay the bills, so he also takes a job tailing an adulterous spouse. Naturally, he finds that there is more going on than meets the eye. As Donne unravels the mystery, White reveals through a series of clever plot twists that the two cases are actually related.
White has written a PI novel that is both traditional and fresh, one of the few new talents to join this much-plowed field with something interesting and original to say. Fans of detective novels will, we hope, be enjoying his work for years to come.
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